Melastomataceae

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae

  • Collector(s)

    B. M. Torke 221 with S. Gonzales & Françoise Crozier, 30/7/2001

  • Location

    French Guiana. Region of Saül; on the Piste de Carbet-Maïs trail to Popote.

  • Description

    Shrub, ca. 1 m tall; inflorescence axes and perianth whitish-green; stamens white; fruit red.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 05027371

    Occurrence ID: e96e7a07-72be-4aab-97ab-3f92e6e7b2c0

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Myrtales

  • Family

    Melastomataceae

  • All Determinations

    Melastomataceae

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    French Guiana

  • Locality

    Region of Saül; on the Piste de Carbet-Maïs trail to Popote.

  • Coordinates

    3.62528, -53.2

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

MELASTOMATACEAE
French Guiana; Region of Saül; 03o37t31,,N, 53°12'00"W;
on the Piste de Carbet-Maïs trail to Popote; ca. 200 m
elevation.
Nonflooded tropical moist forest on clay soil.
Shrub, ca. 1 m tall; inflorescence axes and perianth whitish-
green; stamens white; fruit red.
. B. M. Torke 221 with S. Gonzales and F. Crozier
30 July 2001
Fieldwork supported by the Missouri Botanical Garden's Graduate Studies
Program, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the Karling Award of
the Botanical Society of America.
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